Kat Jordan
@invertlovekat.bsky.social
Postdoc, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Invertebrates need more love
Give me old seas
Invertebrates need more love
Give me old seas
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keep ai slop out of scientific journals
November 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
keep ai slop out of scientific journals
@sethf.bsky.social do you feel honored or just surprised? Hahaha
The winner of Clash of the Clades: a new taxon, Finnegan-ada! Fear not, mollusk lovers, your clade raised the most money! Thank you all who participated in this wild and wacky fundraiser. We appreciate all who donated and cast their vote! 👑
#paleontology #geology #geosciences
#paleontology #geology #geosciences
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
@sethf.bsky.social do you feel honored or just surprised? Hahaha
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Glad to have this one out! As some of you might remember, I'd kicked around the idea for some time, but the inestimable @wrightam.bsky.social got it all pulled together properly. It's a first step - we still need to include likelihoods of stasis between first & … www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Distinguishing punctuated and continuous-time models of character evolution for discrete characters and the implications for macroevolutionary theory | Paleobiology | Cambridge Core
Distinguishing punctuated and continuous-time models of character evolution for discrete characters and the implications for macroevolutionary theory
www.cambridge.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Glad to have this one out! As some of you might remember, I'd kicked around the idea for some time, but the inestimable @wrightam.bsky.social got it all pulled together properly. It's a first step - we still need to include likelihoods of stasis between first & … www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Pretty good article about the specifics of PRI's situation and what led to the immediate need they have from upstate NY based media.
www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2025/10...
www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2025/10...
This hidden gem Upstate NY museum with dino bones you can touch is on the brink of extinction
Officials say the museum that houses a mastadon skeleton needs to raise $1 million by the end of 2025 to avoid foreclosure.
www.newyorkupstate.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Pretty good article about the specifics of PRI's situation and what led to the immediate need they have from upstate NY based media.
www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2025/10...
www.newyorkupstate.com/news/2025/10...
October 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
💅💅💅💅
Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer)
@peterjwagner3.bsky.social
· Oct 18
I’m really happy to see Kat’s first dissertation chapter published! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Global evolutionary relationships of Devonian proetide trilobites | Journal of Paleontology | Cambridge Core
Global evolutionary relationships of Devonian proetide trilobites
www.cambridge.org
October 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
💅💅💅💅
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Ok, I finally saw the Jurassic World movie. No notes… except maybe more Dunkelosteus content… and maybe don’t say there’s more oxygen in the tropics…ok lots of notes 🤣🤣🤣 #paleontology
a close up of a toy dinosaur with sharp teeth standing in front of a fence .
ALT: a close up of a toy dinosaur with sharp teeth standing in front of a fence .
media.tenor.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Ok, I finally saw the Jurassic World movie. No notes… except maybe more Dunkelosteus content… and maybe don’t say there’s more oxygen in the tropics…ok lots of notes 🤣🤣🤣 #paleontology
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Submit your research to a Paleo Society-sponsored session at @geosociety Connects 2025 in San Antonio! This year we have 30 paleo sessions, and today we’re featuring paleocology related sessions. 🦕🌴
Submit your abstract by August 5th!
#Paleo #Geoscience #Geology #gsaconnects2025
Submit your abstract by August 5th!
#Paleo #Geoscience #Geology #gsaconnects2025
July 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Submit your research to a Paleo Society-sponsored session at @geosociety Connects 2025 in San Antonio! This year we have 30 paleo sessions, and today we’re featuring paleocology related sessions. 🦕🌴
Submit your abstract by August 5th!
#Paleo #Geoscience #Geology #gsaconnects2025
Submit your abstract by August 5th!
#Paleo #Geoscience #Geology #gsaconnects2025
Are you going to GSA 2025 and have a cool phylogenetic or computational study you want to talk about? Consider submitting to our session T159 "Phylogenetic and Computational Approaches in Paleobiology and Paleoecology"! We would love to have you! #GSA2025 #paleontology #phylogenetics
July 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Are you going to GSA 2025 and have a cool phylogenetic or computational study you want to talk about? Consider submitting to our session T159 "Phylogenetic and Computational Approaches in Paleobiology and Paleoecology"! We would love to have you! #GSA2025 #paleontology #phylogenetics
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Blue isopods with ribbons🎀
May 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Blue isopods with ribbons🎀
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Really scary stuff. the US NSF is following the lead of Ted Cruz cancelling "questionable projects that pushed onto science neo-Marxist perspectives about enduring class struggle". I've worked with NSF for 32 years. Something is wrong. This is not what they do.🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
In killing grants, NSF appears to follow Ted Cruz’s blueprint
Senator’s report targeted up to $2 billion for diversity, climate change, and misinformation research
www.science.org
April 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Really scary stuff. the US NSF is following the lead of Ted Cruz cancelling "questionable projects that pushed onto science neo-Marxist perspectives about enduring class struggle". I've worked with NSF for 32 years. Something is wrong. This is not what they do.🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
I’m in DC at the Smithsonian this week. Any recommendations on food and other places to check out?
April 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I’m in DC at the Smithsonian this week. Any recommendations on food and other places to check out?
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Do you want to learn how to contribute to and use the Paleobiology Database? 🌎🦕🐚
Look no further - we're now welcoming applications to the 2025 edition of our introductory workshop!
More details here: forms.gle/xQqDEQwwXeTH...
Look no further - we're now welcoming applications to the 2025 edition of our introductory workshop!
More details here: forms.gle/xQqDEQwwXeTH...
April 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Do you want to learn how to contribute to and use the Paleobiology Database? 🌎🦕🐚
Look no further - we're now welcoming applications to the 2025 edition of our introductory workshop!
More details here: forms.gle/xQqDEQwwXeTH...
Look no further - we're now welcoming applications to the 2025 edition of our introductory workshop!
More details here: forms.gle/xQqDEQwwXeTH...
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Happy #TrilobiteTuesday, y'all! I'm coming back home this week with a Paladin cf morrowensis molt found less than 5 miles from my house. Thankfully, this little guy dropped his cephalon by his pygidium on his way out! Even these are rarely found.
March 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Happy #TrilobiteTuesday, y'all! I'm coming back home this week with a Paladin cf morrowensis molt found less than 5 miles from my house. Thankfully, this little guy dropped his cephalon by his pygidium on his way out! Even these are rarely found.
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More old work for #TrilobiteTuesday - specimen of Phacops 🐡
January 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
More old work for #TrilobiteTuesday - specimen of Phacops 🐡
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Even *if* their fossil collections were somehow rehoused at other institutions, the potential closure of the Paleontological Research Institute would be an incalculable loss to specimen-based research. It would also eliminate an immensely important educational facility for students and the public. 🧪
Financial peril could doom a famed New York paleontological institute
“Exceptional” fossil collections housed by the Paleontological Research Institute risk being orphaned
www.science.org
February 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Even *if* their fossil collections were somehow rehoused at other institutions, the potential closure of the Paleontological Research Institute would be an incalculable loss to specimen-based research. It would also eliminate an immensely important educational facility for students and the public. 🧪
So much peeping 👀
Welcome to Trilobite Tuesday! Pictured is the Devonian-age phacopid trilobite Erbenochile erbeni. Not only does this Moroccan species feature towering 0.8-in (2-cm-) high eye stacks—each topped by a unique shading brim—but it also has a row of intimidating spines that run along its axial lobe.
February 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
So much peeping 👀
Can we please just let people do their essential jobs
Scientists, doctors and public health professionals at the National Institutes of Health, the CDC, the FDA, and other federal agencies have been fired under President Trump’s effort to shrink the government.
Trump Cuts Target Next Generation of Scientists and Public Health Leaders
A core group of so-called disease detectives, who track outbreaks, was apparently spared. But other young researchers are out of jobs.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Can we please just let people do their essential jobs
Brah… I’m so tired of all these major historical events 🫠
February 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Brah… I’m so tired of all these major historical events 🫠
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Snoop and Tom Brady: say no to hate
Kendrick: actually
Kendrick: actually
February 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Snoop and Tom Brady: say no to hate
Kendrick: actually
Kendrick: actually
She’s an icon 💅🏻✨
Researchers believe they've recorded potentially the first-ever sighting of an adult abyssal fish, Melanocetus johnsonii, in broad daylight.
Normally found at depths between 200 and 2,000 meters, this predator was spotted just 2km off the coast of Tenerife.
Full story: tinyurl.com/5j37dnmw
Normally found at depths between 200 and 2,000 meters, this predator was spotted just 2km off the coast of Tenerife.
Full story: tinyurl.com/5j37dnmw
February 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
She’s an icon 💅🏻✨
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All of us Europeans are just lost for words, we know what Musk did.
We aren't fooled, our ancestors lived through the horrors of WW2.
It's been less than 100 years.
We didn't forget because the pain is still felt to this day💔
As a Dutch woman, I'm telling you don't gaslight us.
We aren't fooled, our ancestors lived through the horrors of WW2.
It's been less than 100 years.
We didn't forget because the pain is still felt to this day💔
As a Dutch woman, I'm telling you don't gaslight us.
January 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
All of us Europeans are just lost for words, we know what Musk did.
We aren't fooled, our ancestors lived through the horrors of WW2.
It's been less than 100 years.
We didn't forget because the pain is still felt to this day💔
As a Dutch woman, I'm telling you don't gaslight us.
We aren't fooled, our ancestors lived through the horrors of WW2.
It's been less than 100 years.
We didn't forget because the pain is still felt to this day💔
As a Dutch woman, I'm telling you don't gaslight us.
Up too early because I’m excited about #Palass2024 🤩 can’t wait for the symposium
December 10, 2024 at 8:43 AM
Up too early because I’m excited about #Palass2024 🤩 can’t wait for the symposium